[Melvin van Peebles] You gotta play the game, if you want to get the prize From the first second a woman wants the same thing as you But tell her so, she'll deny that it's true You gotta play the game if you want to get the prize [Quasimoto] You gots to play the phony game If you want to get the prize 1998, it's no surprise It's 88 [?] to an*lyze [?] drop the dollars To the ladies if you're Driving a Mercedes Over lex Finna try to put an X on Put it down for a n***a with cash And get that a** But a n***a that's poor To better he be gettin a horse If you want to remain You gots to play the phony game It's a brain thing The girls been doing the same thing It's a Lord Quas reign [?] dance or f** the [?] It's time for the Astro Black train So where my main thing? Find that your girl's talking behind your back Some n***as give a smack But you I just act Like everything's alright Cause I'm a [?] Just play the phony game And go to tend to rollin lanes I be acting like I'm gonna give these honies some money But Lord Quas only play these games like Jim Rummy [Melvin van Peebles] You gotta play the game, if you want to get the prize From the first second a woman wants the same thing as you But tell her so, she'll deny that it's true You gotta play the game if you want to get the prize